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Organic Matter Cycle by Biogeochemical Indicator in Tidal Mud Flat, West Coast of Korea

생지화학적 지표를 이용한 서해안 갯벌 퇴적층에서의 유기물 순환에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Dong-Hun (Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Lee, Jun-Ho (Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Jeong, Kap-Sik (Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Woo, Han Jun (Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Kang, Jeongwon (Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, KIOST) ;
  • Shin, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Marine Sciences and Convergent Technology, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) ;
  • Ha, Sun-Yong (Korea Polar Research Institute, KIOST)
  • 이동헌 (한국해양과학기술원 해양환경.보전연구부) ;
  • 이준호 (한국해양과학기술원 해양환경.보전연구부) ;
  • 정갑식 (한국해양과학기술원 해양환경.보전연구부) ;
  • 우한준 (한국해양과학기술원 해양환경.보전연구부) ;
  • 강정원 (한국해양과학기술원 해양환경.보전연구부) ;
  • 신경훈 (한양대학교 과학기술대학 해양융합과학과) ;
  • 하선용 (한국해양과학기술원 부설 극지연구소)
  • Received : 2013.12.27
  • Accepted : 2014.03.09
  • Published : 2014.03.30
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Abstract

To understand the degradation processes of organic matter related to sulfate reduction by Sulfate Reduction Bacteria (SRB) in the tidal flat sediments of Hwang-do and Sogeun-ri, Tae-an Peninsula in Chungnam-do, biogeochemical characteristics were analyzed and highlighted using specific microbial biomarkers. The organic geochemical parameters (TOC, ${\delta}^{13}C_{org}$, C/N ratio, long-chain-n-alkane) indicate that most of the organic matter has been derived from marine phytoplankton and bacteria in the fine-grained sediment of Sogeun-ri, although terrestrial plant components have occasionally been incorporated to a significant degree in the coarse-grained sediment of Hwang-do. The concentration of sulfate in pore water is a constant tendency with regard to depth profile, while methane concentration appears to be slightly different with regard to depth profile at the two sites. Especially, the sum of bacteria fatty acid (a-C15:0 + i-C15:0 + C16:1w5) confirms that the these concentrations in Sogeun-ri are related to the degradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) compounds from the crude oil retained in the sediments as a result of the Hebei Spirit oil-spill accident in 2007. The methane-related microbial communities as shown by lipid biomarkers (crocetane, PMI) are larger in some sedimentary sections of Hwang-do than in the Sogeunri tidal flat. These findings suggest that methane production by microbiological processes is clearly governed by SRB activity along the vertical succession in organic-enriched tidal flats.

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